Lightning Is the Only Way

Aion turned to Gravis with a grin. "I have decided!" he said proudly. "It is now allowed to exchange Magic-Stones for Mission Points," he said, and Gravis released a sigh of relief. With this, he could buy several of those expensive pills that strengthened the body. With that, his body would no longer be useless in an actual fight.

"But," said Aion loudly. "I need to be fair to Cerb. He is working hard to exchange the gold for Magic-Stones, so I need to give others some kind of restriction. So, I have decided that you are required to regain your wealth by yourself."

Gravis furrowed his brows. "What do you mean?"

Aion put his hands on his hips with pride. "Simple! If you exchange 1,000 Magic-Stones for Mission Points, you need to regain those 1,000 Magic-Stones by yourself. After the exchange, you are required to reach the same amount of wealth three months later and show it to me! If you don't manage, you will lose half of your Mission Points!"

Gravis raised an eyebrow. "Why, though? Are you sure that this is a good way?" he asked confusedly. In Gravis' mind, this rule made absolutely no sense. To him, it seemed like the rule only existed to make the lives of the exchangers harder. What was even the point of that?

"Shut up! I decided, and that's how it is now," said Aion as he pointed at Gravis. "I am the branch manager, and you need to follow what I say!"

Gravis could only sigh and roll his eyes. The rule seemed senseless, and Aion, apparently, didn't accept any counterarguments. 'Well, it doesn't matter. Heaven probably won't allow me to stay in the Heaven Sect for much longer.' In three months, Gravis would probably already be fleeing all around the Middle-Continent. Not only from other guilds but also from the Heaven Sect. This restriction might as well not exist for him.

"Alright. I want to exchange these Magic-Stones," Gravis said, as he handed the sack of Energy Stones, which he had gotten from Wendy, to Aion.

Aion looked through the sack, and his eyes widened. "Man, that's a lot of Magic-Stones," he said in surprise. "Are you sure you can regain that in three months?"

fail. I trust in Heaven! It will surely give me an opportunity to regain all this," Gravis said. Obviously, he was lying through his teeth.

afraid of taking risks. As long as we believe in Heaven, everything will turn out fine. Alright, let me count the stones," said Aion as

have something like

number of Energy Stones, he sighed. He had decided to trade all of them, but it was still hard for him to give away something that could increase his Realm

concluded that he would nearly reach the ninth level of Energy Gathering. He would only be missing about 20% of the Energy requirement. If Gravis reached the ninth level of Energy Gathering, he would be invincible in the Middle-Continent with the exception of

had just lost, even though he knew that it was for the best. He could never allow for his battle strength advantage to be lost! His goal was not survival, but the peak. The firmer every step, the higher his chance

at the exchange list?" asked

booklet on the table. "Knock yourself out," he said as he walked to his balcony. He sat back down in his chair and continued relaxing. Meanwhile, Gravis took a look through the exchange

body strengthening. Some pills increased the strength of specific organs. Some pills increased physical

of times slower than the growth of the Energy's power. That was why no one cared about training the body anymore. Resources for body strengthening were way rarer and more expensive than pure Energy

as over the top as one thought, but one shouldn't forget about how few Energy Stones one needed to get to

of pills over the next couple of minutes until

Ascension Pill – 20,000 Mission

very close to being able to afford it. He read through the description, and his

ability of the body to strengthen while healing. One first needed to tear down their old body to create a newer, stronger

still

is it?" asked Aion,